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Shows about nothing : nihilism in popular culture from the Exorcist to Seinfeld / by Hibbs, Thomas S.(CARDINAL)387356;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 185-188) and index.
Subjects: Culture in motion pictures.; Good and evil in motion pictures.; Nihilism (Philosophy) in motion pictures.; Nihilism (Philosophy) on television.;
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The affirmation of life : Nietzsche on overcoming nihilism / by Reginster, Bernard.(CARDINAL)475638;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 301-307) and index.Nihilism -- Overcoming disorientation -- The will to power -- Overcoming despair -- The eternal recurrence -- Dionysian wisdom.
Subjects: Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm, 1844-1900.; Ethics.; Life.; Nihilism.;
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Return to good and evil : Flannery O'Connor's response to nihilism / by Edmondson, Henry T.,1955-;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 181-197) and index.Faith, philosophy, and fiction -- O'Connor contra nihilism -- Modern man as malgré lui in Wise blood -- Wise blood and the difficult return to God -- "Good country people" and the seduction of nihilism -- The nature of evil in "The lame shall enter first" -- Social change in "The enduring chill" -- Modernity vs. mystery in "A view of the woods" -- Redemption and the ennoblement of suffering in "The artificial nigger" -- Grace, the Devil, and the prophet.
Subjects: O'Connor, Flannery; O'Connor, Flannery; Good and evil in literature.; Nihilism (Philosophy) in literature.; Nihilism in literature.;
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The skies of Babylon : diversity, nihilism, and the American University / by Bercier, Barry.(CARDINAL)555740;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 153-155) and index.
Subjects: Education, Higher; Universities and colleges;
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Demons / by Dostoyevsky, Fyodor,1821-1881.(CARDINAL)139720; Pevear, Richard,1943-(CARDINAL)345271; Volokhonsky, Larissa.(CARDINAL)345276;
Includes bibliographical references (page xxxii-xxxiii, 715-733).
Subjects: Political fiction.; Nihilism; Terrorists;
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The possessed / by Dostoyevsky, Fyodor,1821-1881,author.(CARDINAL)139720; Garnett, Constance,1861-1946,translator.(CARDINAL)124264; Dalton, Elizabeth,writer of introduction.(CARDINAL)432765;
Based on a true event, in which a young revolutionary was murdered by his comrades, The Possessed provoked a storm of controversy for its harsh depiction of a ruthless band of Russian intellectuals, atheists, socialists, anarchists, and other radicals who attempt to incite the population of a small provincial town to revolt against the government. In contrast to Dostoevsky's savage portrait of these radicals and the violent ideas that have possessed them like demons, the author expresses great sympathy for workers and other ordinary people ill-served by those who presume to speak in their name.
Subjects: Political fiction.; Nihilism; Terrorists;
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Devils [sound recording] by Dostoyevsky, Fyodor,1821-1881.(CARDINAL)139720; Guidall, George.nrt(CARDINAL)345518; Katz, Michael R.(CARDINAL)734050; Recorded Books, LLC.(CARDINAL)561790;
Narrated by George Guidall.Based on a true event, in which a young revolutionary was murdered by his comrades, The Possessed provoked a storm of controversy for its harsh depiction of a ruthless band of Russian intellectuals, atheists, socialists, anarchists, and other radicals who attempt to incite the population of a small provincial town to revolt against the government. In contrast to Dostoevsky's savage portrait of these radicals and the violent ideas that have possessed them like demons, the author expresses great sympathy for workers and other ordinary people ill-served by those who presume to speak in their name.
Subjects: Political fiction.; Audiobooks.; Black humor (Literature); Nihilism; Terrorists;
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Should we go extinct? : a philosophical dilemma for our unbearable times / by May, Todd,1955-author.(CARDINAL)372065;
Includes bibliographical references.A disturbing question -- What's so good about humanity? -- The other side of the ledger -- Where does this leave us?"Philosophical advisor to the hit NBC sitcom The Good Place contemplates the future of humanity-whether we should bring new humans into the world, or if the world would be better without us"--
Subjects: Philosophical anthropology.; Nihilism (Philosophy); Human beings; Humanistic ethics.; Posthumanism.;
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Demons : a novel in three parts / by Dostoyevsky, Fyodor,1821-1881,author.(CARDINAL)139720; Pevear, Richard,1943-translator.(CARDINAL)345271; Volokhonsky, Larissa,translator.(CARDINAL)345276;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 715-733).pt. 1. Instead of an introduction -- Prince Harry. Matchmaking -- Someone else's sins -- The last girl -- The wise serpent -- pt. 2. Night -- The duel -- All in expectation -- Before the Fête -- Pyotr Stepanovich bustles about -- With our people -- Ivan the Tsarevich -- Stepan Trofimovich perquisitioned -- Filibusters. A fatal morning -- pt. 3. The Fête. First part -- The end of the Fête -- A finished romance -- A traveler -- A toilsome night -- The last peregrination of Stepan Trofimovich -- Conclusion.A new translation of The Possessed and a new title to go with it. The translators claim it better reflects the spirit of what basically is a novel of ideas, the demons of the title being the Western imports of idealism, socialism, materialism, nihilism, atheism and so on.
Subjects: Political fiction.; Nihilism; Terrorists;
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Manliness / by Mansfield, Harvey C.,Jr.,1932-(CARDINAL)722807;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-279) and index.The gender-neutral society -- Manliness as stereotype -- Manly assertion -- Manly nihilism -- Womanly nihilism -- The manly liberal -- Manly virtue -- Conclusion: Unemployed manliness.
Subjects: Assertiveness (Psychology); Feminism.; Masculinity; Masculinity; Nature and nurture.; Sex role.; Feminism.; Gender roles.; Women's movement.;
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